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Description

Detailed map of Java and Madura, with outline color showing the provinces on Java and a host of other details.

Decorative cartouche and compass rose.

Condition Description
Minor soiling and foxing.
J.V. Schley Biography

Jakob van der Schley was a skilled draftsman and engraver who operated out of Amsterdam and had strong ties with the Hague. He was trained by Bernard Picart and his style resembles that of the elder man. Van der Schely was known for intricately engraved portraits and frontispieces. He signed most of the plates used in the Hague edition of the Abbe Prevost's Histoire generale des voyages